Lottery provision struck from immigration bill

With little debate, the lottery provision was excised from an
anti-illegal immigration bill in the House. The subject of a Steve
Bousquet column, the measure would have barred illegal immigrants
from winning the lottery. They could still play and contribute to
education funding -- they just couldn't collect any prizes.

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Rep. Sandy Adams removed the section with an amendment today.
Neither the amendment nor the overall
bill (which requires businesses to participate in a federal worker
verification program known as E-Verify) garnered any discussion.